Dear Friend,

Welcome to the Historic Downtown

Walking Tour of the City of New

Brunswick, New Jersey.Weare

proud to sharewith you some of the

stories of our treasured past, and

we hope that this tour will help you

discover the important role our City

has played throughout our nation’s

history.From Queen’sCollege to

the State Theatreand beyond, we

invite you to explore three centuries

of New Brunswick history.

Sincerely,

Jim Cahill, Mayor

Explore Three Centuriesof New Brunswick

Explorestart your

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walk! Three Centuriesof New BrunswickFollow the path indicated on thismap of New Brunswick’s HistoricDowntown Walking tour to ensureyou don’t miss a stop, or feel free to find your own way through the history of our great City. Inside you’llfind descriptions of each location. We hope you enjoy the tour.Key

In the late 1600s,individual families began to settlein the New Brunswick area. A group led by John Inian purchased10,000 acres of land from the Lenni Lenape in 1681, using stock-ings, rum, shot, wampum, and other items as currency. This areawould later become the lower edge of New Brunswick alongthe Raritan River. In 1730, the City was named in honor of theEnglish royal house of Brunswick. Queens College was foundedin 1766, named in honor of Queen Charlotte – wife to KingGeorge III of England. We know it today as Rutgers University.

By 1776, New Brunswick was a busy port and stagecoach stop.The city had a ferry service across the Raritan River, which madeit an appropriate place for the public reading of the Declarationof Independence. In November 1776, George Washington andthe Continental Army rested here briefly during their retreatacross New Jersey.

In the 19th century, New Brunswick saw tremendous industrialgrowth fueled by trade on the river, the Delaware and RaritanCanal’s opening in 1834, and the first railroad in 1839. Numerousindustries took root in the “Hub City” including surgical band-age manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, founded in 1886.

In the first half of the 20th century, New Brunswick was a smalldeveloping industrial city. But after World War II, New Brunswick– like all urban centers in New Jersey – began to decline, losing jobs and residents. In the mid-1970s, City leadersembarked on an ambitious program of redevelopment that hascreated a remarkable renaissance led by the rise of NewBrunswick’s healthcare industry and the expansion of Rutgers,the State University of New Jersey. Today, New Brunswick isone of the fastest growing urban centers in New Jersey.

Come take a walk and explore the richhistory of downtownNew Brunswick.

Created with the assistance of the New Brunswick HistoricalAssociation. Funding in part has been provided by the MiddlesexCounty Cultural and Heritage Commission/Board of ChosenFreeholders, and the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Divisionof the Department of State.

STREET INDEX

ABEEL ST.ADAMS PL.ALBANY ST.

ALEXANDER ST.ANTILE RD.BALDWIN ST.

BALL ST.

BARTLETT ST.

BAYARD ST.BERGEN CT.

BETHANY ST.BISHOP PL.BISHOP ST.BLEEKER PL. (Pa)BOWSER RD.

BRIDGE ST.(Pa)BRISTOL ST.BROOKSIDE AVE.BRUSH AVE.

BUCCLEUCH PL.BURNET ST.CAMNER AVE.

CARMAN ST.CARPENDER RD.

G-5B-6F-3

E-4K-5F-5

E-4

E-3

F-4B-6

E-4F-2G-5F-3L-5

E-4E-3E-4G-7

D-2K-5B-6

G-5I-5

B-6F-7E-3

D-8J-5F-3

D-6

B-6

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I-6E-4F-3E-5G-5

F-5F-3G-7

L-5

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D-2K-5E-6B-6D-8

D-7E-6F-4D-7

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CHARLES ST.CHESTER CIRCLECHURCH ST.

CLARK ST.

CLASS PL.

CLIFFE ST.CLIFTON AVE.

COBB RD.COGSWELL PL.

COLUMBUS PL.COMMERCIAL PL.

COMSTOCK ST.CONDICT ST.CONGER AVE.

COOK DR.

COTTER DR.COURTLANDT ST.CRESCENT CT. (P)

CREST RD.CURTIS PL.

COLLEGE AVE.

DELAFIELD ST.DELAVAN ST.DENNIS ST.

DENNIS ALLEYDEWEY DR.DIVISION ST.

DIX ST.

DRIFT ST.

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ELIZABETH ST.ELLEN ST.ELM ROWFIFTH ST.

FLORENCE ST.FOURTH ST.FREEMAN ST.

FRENCH ST.FULTON CT. (P)

FULTON ST.

GATLING CT.GEORGE ST.GEORGES RD.

GOODALE CIRCLEGUILDEN ST.HALE ST.HALSTEAD RD.HAMILTON ST.

HAMPTON RD.HANDY ST.

HARDENBERGH ST.

HART AVE.HARTWELL ST.HARVEY ST.HASSART ST.HAY ST.HAZELHURST ST.HENRY AVE.HIGH ST.HILDEBRAND WAYHIRAM SQ.

HOBART RD.HOFFMAN BLVD.

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INDUSTRIAL DR.JAMES ST.JANINE PL.JEFFERSON AVE.JELIN ST.

JENNINGS CT.JERSEY AVE.

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LOUIS ST.LUFBERRY AVE.MANOR CT. (P)MANOR CRESENT DR. (P)MAPLE ST.MASON AVE.MAY ST.MEMORIAL PKWY.MINE ST.MITCHELL AVE.

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NEW YORK AVE.NICHOL AVE.NINTH ST.No. PENNINGTON RD.No. TALMADGE ST.

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PALMETTO CT. (P)PARK BLVD.PARKVIEW DR.PATTERSON ST.PAULUS BLVD.PAULUS BLVD. WESTPENNINGTON RD.PHELPS AVEPINE ST.PLUM ST.

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REGENCY MANOR DR. (P)REMSEN AVE.

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2 4-1-2003 CHANGES TO POLL LOC.1-1,1-2,1-3,2-1&2-2

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Come take a walk and explore three centuries of history.

1 New Brunswick Train Station

2 People’s National Bank

3 City Hall

4 Bayard Street Post Office

5 Bayard StreetPresbyterian Church

6 Joyce Kilmer House

7 The Nativity of the Virgin Mary UkrainianCatholic Church

8 Public Library

9 Henry Guest House

10 Willow Grove Cemetery

11 Mt. Zion AME Church

12 Monument Square

13 State Theatre

14 United Methodist Church

15 Poile Zedek Synagogue

16 First Reformed Church

17 The Frog and the Peach Restaurant

18 Christ Church

19 Old Bay Restaurant

20 LaGrange Tavern Site

21 Reading of theDeclaration ofIndependence

22 Red Lion Tavern Site

23 Johnson & Johnson

24 Voorhees Hall

25 William the Silent

26 James Suydam Statue

27 New BrunswickTheological Seminary andGardner A. Sage Library

28 New Jersey Hall

29 Schnack Observatory

30 Site of Hamilton Cannon Battery

31 Kirkpatrick Chapel

32 Old Queen’sAdministration Building

33 Geology Hall

34 Van Nest Hall

35 Winants Hall

36 St. Peter the ApostleRoman Catholic Church

37 Johnston Hall

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New Brunswick Train Station –Constructed in 1903, the last remain-ing Pennsylvania Railroad station fora mid-sized city in NJ.

People’s National Bank – Foundedin 1887, the bank built and relocatedto this building at the corner ofGeorge and Church streets in 1895.

City Hall – This example of an Old Colonial MeetingHouse was designed by Alexander Merchant and completed in 1927. Public meetings are held inCouncil Chambers on the second floor.

Bayard Street Post Office – Built in 1936 as a NationalRelief Project under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The foyer contains three murals paintedby George Biddle, a founder of the New-Deal FederalArts Project.

Bayard Street Presbyterian Church – Originally calledHungarian Presbyterian in 1904, the name waschanged in 1955 as requested by the congregation.Once home to the St. James Methodist Church.

Joyce Kilmer House – Home to JoyceKilmer, author of the poem “Trees,”from 1886-1892. The poet joined the US Army and was killed in actionduring World War I.

The Nativity of the Virgin Mary UkrainianCatholic Church – Built in 1893 as the LivingstonAvenue Baptist Church, it features a large Tiffanystained glass window.

Public Library – Built with a $50,000 gift from AndrewCarnegie in 1903. Features stained glass skylights and original metal shelving. Thelibrary is the downtown gateway tothe Livingston Avenue HistoricDistrict, an 8-block district of largelylate-19th century and 20th centuryhomes and offices, extending fromMorris to Hale streets.

Henry Guest House – A New Brunswick aldermanand associate of President JohnAdams and author Thomas Paine,Guest built this stone farmhouse,originally located between LivingstonAvenue and George Street, in 1760.

Willow Grove Cemetery–Foundedin 1851. The final resting place formany prominent City residents from the 18th and 19th centuriesincluding former City mayors, NewBrunswick’s Unknown Soldier, andthe first Japanese exchange student to the U.S.

Mt. Zion AME Church – The present church datesonly to 1984, but the congregation is the oldest historically-black religious group in Middlesex County,founded in 1827. The congregation worshiped at abuilding on Division Street for over 150 years.

Monument Square – Dedicated on Nov.15, 1893. Erected to honor soldiers andsailors who participated in the U.S. Civil War. Refurbished in 2007 and re-dedicated toall veterans.

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1 State Theatre – In 1921, Reade’sState Theatre opened as a silent filmpalace. Later used to show vaude-ville acts, and remained a popularvenue until the 1970s. It reopenedin 1988 and underwent extensive renovations in 2003to return it to its original grandeur.

United Methodist Church – This congregation was founded in 1811 and the church was completed in 1896. Considered a classic example of Gothic architecture from its time period.

Poile Zedek Synagogue – Literallytranslated as “Men of Righteous-ness,” this congregation wasfounded in 1901. Construction wascompleted in 1924.

First Reformed Church – “Town ClockChurch” is home to the oldest congre-gation in the City. Built in 1812 toreplace a church damaged by theBritish Army during its occupation ofthe City in 1776–77.

The Frog and the Peach Restaurant–Former industrial building dates backto 1876. Originally housed printingpresses for The Home News, the City’slocal paper and predecessor to TheHome News Tribune.

Christ Church – Built in the 1740s, its bell tower called citizens to the 1776 reading of the Declaration ofIndependence nearby on Albany Street.The third oldest congregation in the City, its cemetery is the final resting place ofGeneral Anthony White (1750-1803), aideto George Washington.

Old Bay Restaurant – Built in 1857,it housed the Bank of New Jerseyuntil 1910. The oldest commercialbuilding in the City that’s still in use.

LaGrange’s Tavern Site – Tavern served as Gen.Washington’s headquarters during his brief stay in New Brunswick in 1776.

Reading of the Declaration of Independence Site –The Declaration had its third public reading from atable platform set up nearby in the middle of AlbanyStreet on July 9, 1776.

Red Lion Tavern Site – First home of Queen’s College(Rutgers University), the eighth oldestcollege in the U.S.

Johnson & Johnson – In 1886, theJohnson brothers began producingindividually wrapped surgical dress-ings in a converted wallpaper factory at this site. Thecompany’s world headquarters is now just two blocksaway at George and Albany streets.

Voorhees Hall – Zimmerli Art Museum – Constructedin 1903 and originally housed the Rutgers CollegeLibrary. Now home to a large collection of Russian Art.Call 732-932-7237 for museum hours and info.

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13 William the Silent – A gift from Fenton B. Turck in1928, the bronze statue of William the Silent(1533–1584), Count of Nassau, Prince of Orange, is areminder of the university’s Dutch heritage.

James Suydam Statue – A former trustee of RutgersUniversity, Suydam was a benefactorof the Theological Seminary, donat-ing over a quarter of a million dollarsduring his life. He was a businessmanand director of several large financialinstitutions. This bronze statue wasdonated by his friends in 1873, notlong after his death.

New Brunswick Theological Seminary and GardnerA. Sage Library – The oldest in the nation, it wasfounded in 1784 and was first located in New YorkCity, moving to New Brunswick in 1811. The SageLibrary was built in 1875 and contains rare manuscriptsand several books from the 15th century.

New Jersey Hall – State funding for an “AgriculturalHall” enabled this building to be constructed in 1889.In 1903, it was partially destroyed by a fire, but restoredto meet the original design without essential changes.

Schanck Observatory – Built in1865, it was modeled after theTower of the Winds in Athensand originally used for astronom-ical observations.

Hamilton Cannon Battery site – In early December1776, Alexander Hamilton, who later served as the first Secretary of the Treasury, positioned a battery ofartillery here to guard the retreat of the ContinentalArmy led by Gen. George Washington across NJ.

Kirkpatrick Chapel – Built in 1873, it is named afterSophia Astley Kirkpatrick. Originally housed the college library on its second floor.

Old Queen’s AdministrationBuilding – Home to RutgersUniversity President’s office, completed in 1811.

Geology Hall – Built in 1872, today the GeologyMuseum is located inside, displaying minerals, fos-sils, Native American artifacts, and an Egyptianmummy. Call 732-932-7243 for hours of operation.

Van Nest Hall – Rutgers’ second instructional build-ing, built in 1845, and named for Abraham Van Nest,a New York City merchant and devoted trustee. Thethird story was added in 1893.

Winants Hall – The University’s first dormitory wascompleted in 1890 and named after philanthropistGarrett E. Winants, who donated $75,000 for its construction. Famed Rutgers University graduate PaulRobeson lived here.

St. Peter the Apostle RomanCatholic Church – This GothicRevival brownstone church wasbuilt in 1856 to serve the growingCatholic population in central NJ.

Johnston Hall – Built in 1830, it is the second oldeststructure at Rutgers, and was the original location forthe Rutgers Preparatory School.

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